Chapter 352 County Magistrate
It is true that the Ciyutang is supervised by the county magistrate, but the county government has no food to eat, so how can it manage so many people?
Now the mountains and roads are blocked by heavy snow, and the relief food distributed by the court cannot reach these places at all.
Even if the imperial court distributed relief grain, after being exploited at every level, there would be very little grain left in Tongxiang County.
Zhuang Sheng sighed, "To be honest, young lady, it is indeed true. My small county government has limited resources. All I can do is to provide them with some food. They have to get through this winter, right?"
Tongxiang County is a poor county. The people here cannot even pay taxes, so where can they get food to help the victims?
There is still some of the 30,000 kilograms of food donated by Miss Lu, which can only be cooked into porridge to feed the victims first so that they will not starve to death.
Lu Yaoyao thought of the elusive power of heaven and spoke, "Chapter 352: County Magistrate, I don't have much else to offer you, except for the abundance of grain. My father once left me a lot of it sealed up, and I can donate some to help the people."
She can obtain the power of heaven when she uses her divine power to save people, and she can also obtain the power of heaven when she provides food to save people, but it is only a very thin trace.
No matter how much, even if it is just a trace of the power of heaven, it is good for her.
If she rescues more people, won’t she have more power of heaven?
Zhuang Sheng was stunned. He had been worried about food these days. "Miss, do you still have food?"
I heard from my master that there are only more than 10,000 kilograms of food left in the underground warehouse. The girl can eat it herself for a few days, but what will happen to Miss Lu if she gives it to him?
After thinking about it, he quickly waved his hand and said, "I know that Miss Lu is righteous, but you should keep the food for yourself."
These things should be his responsibility and have nothing to do with Miss Lu.
Lu Yaoyao said: "I have food. The food at home is for my own consumption, and the food stored is for emergencies. Now it can be regarded as an emergency."
Zhuang Sheng quickly stood up and saluted. "On behalf of the people of Tongxiang, I would like to thank you, young lady! I will definitely write a memorial to report Miss Lu's kindness and good deeds to His Majesty."
Lu Yaoyao gave him a false helping hand and said, "Thank you very much, County Magistrate. The stored grain is a full 100,000 jin, which should be enough for an emergency."
"Enough! More than enough!" Zhuang Sheng didn't expect that Miss Lu still had so much food.
If they had these 100,000 kilograms of grain, the people of Tongxiang County would be able to safely survive the winter.
Lu Yaoyao said, "I can't bear to see the people starve to death or freeze to death. I'm just waiting for the county magistrate to bring people to move the food."
It is impossible to store so much food in this house, so we can only find a cave in the back mountain to store the food.
After the county magistrate left, she went to the back mountain to store the grain.
Zhuang Sheng didn't dare to delay. "Thank you very much, Miss Lu! I'll go back and send someone to get some food."
Then he left.
My steps became much lighter when I walked.
Xia Ku's eyes were complicated. "Madam, are you really willing to donate so much grain? This much grain is enough for His Majesty to give you a title."
If the master were to apply, it would be no problem for her to be conferred the title of a princess.
"A title? The county magistrate said he wanted to request one for me, but he doesn't have the ability yet. Once he submits the petition, let Su Zui present it to His Majesty."
The memorial submitted by the county magistrate needs to go through layers of screening. If it encounters those with ulterior motives, the memorial requesting the title will fall into oblivion.
If the county magistrate's memorial could be delivered directly to the emperor, the request for the title would be very stable.
It would be good if she had a title with her status, so that she could get things done in Kyoto.
Xia Ku immediately understood her plan, "Madam, I understand. I will tell the master right away."
Lu Yaoyao waved her hand and let him go.
Xia Ku went to deliver the message, while Lu Yaoyao went to the back mountain.
She remembered that there was a cave in the back mountain. It was very dry and spacious.
The back mountain was difficult to walk on due to heavy snow, and Lu Yaoyao walked for most of the day before finding the cave.
"Oh my god! This is too hard to walk!"
Fortunately, her Five Elements Technique was opened up again by the power of Heaven, otherwise she would be exhausted from walking in this snowy day.
Lu Yaoyao looked into the cave and thought it was safe to store food there.
With a wave of his hand, 200,000 kilograms of food filled the cave.
Since you want to use these grains, please give her a title. Of course, the more grains the better. These grains she has are equivalent to half of the national treasury's granary, right?
After hiding the food, Lu Yaoyao went back.
Zhuang Sheng did not dare to delay and went back to the yamen to find his lawyer.
"Master! Quickly gather people, we are going to transport the grain. Remember! We must find more people." Zhuang Sheng gave the anxious order as soon as he came back.
Captain Liang thought something had happened and quickly summoned all the detectives in the county government office.
Seeing Zhuang Sheng, Captain Liang hurried over to him, "Sir, are those refugees becoming restless again?"
These days they have been worried about the refugees. The county government has little money and cannot afford to hire a few constables. There are only four of them, and they cannot stop the refugees even if they want to.
They haven't had a good rest for several days.
Zhuang Sheng waved his hand, "No, no! Just the few of you aren't enough. Go find those refugees for help. This time we're going to transport food. As long as we bring the food back, those refugees will have something to eat. Go quickly!"
Captain Liang was stunned for a long time, "Okay! I'll go find someone right away!"
After a while, Captain Liang gathered dozens of young and strong refugees. When they heard that they were going to transport food, they all became very enthusiastic.
"Sir, where do we go to transport the food?" asked Captain Liang.
Zhuang Sheng led his men to Wangjia Village. "We are going to Wangjia Village. Miss Lu is willing to donate food to help the victims."
When Captain Liang heard that they were going to see Miss Lu, he instantly became energetic. He still remembered the pork Miss Lu gave them, which was really delicious.
When they arrived at Wangjia Village, Lu Yaoyao was already waiting at the foot of the mountain.
"Master Zhuang, I will take you to get food." Lu Yaoyao felt a little sorry for the refugees when she saw them.
The refugees who followed were not wearing any clothes to cover their bodies in the middle of winter and were covered with frostbite.
Lu Yaoyao couldn't bear it, so she clasped her hands together and a golden rune took shape on her chest.
The refugees were dumbfounded. Is this woman a god?
"go!"
Lu Yaoyao waved her hand, and dozens of golden rays of light penetrated into the eyebrows of the refugees and Zhuang Sheng.
They had been feeling cold all over, but suddenly they weren't cold anymore, and the frostbite on their bodies miraculously healed.
"God! This is a god!"
"It was the gods who helped us! Thank you so much!"
"Thank you, God!"
The refugees knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Zhuang Sheng also knelt down and kowtowed. He was also a little dumbfounded. This woman's ability was probably something that only gods could do!
"Get up! It's important to move the food first!" Lu Yaoyao turned and went up the mountain.
"Okay!" Zhuang Sheng didn't care about anything else and followed with his men.
Looking at the woman leading the way in front, Zhuang Sheng felt emotional in his heart. Could it be that God has mercy on the people of the world and sent a goddess to earth to save them?
Yes! That's definitely it!
Zhuang Sheng straightened his back instantly, because a goddess appeared in the area under his jurisdiction.
If he said this out loud, he would be able to brag about it for the rest of his life.
(End of this chapter)
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